The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-03

The thieves gained an entrance by
first entering the house OF one OF the
proprieJOrs and stealing the keys to
the store and safe
THE East New York Iron Mining
Company, of Milwaukee, with q capt.
tai stock OF 81, 500, 900 has filed ar
ticles of incorporation. The incorpo.
rators are A. A. Hoskin, W. G. Rob
erts and James A. Stewart.
A MAN named Helversen drew his
months salary and left Porterville
for Eau Claire. He ha.spot ri1ce been
seen and his friends fear ne has been
murdered.
VIM. CURTIS, q brakeman in the
yards of the Chicago, Milwaukee Il st.
Paul road, was killed at Prairie du
Chen on the night OF the Goth, while
coupling cars. Both legs were nearly
cut off and the BODY badly crushed.
He lived only one hour. Deceased
leaves a wife and three children.
WHILE Tim Boyd, OF Bayfield,, and
Miss Lottie Farnham OF Chicago, in
one carriage, and l. W Nieman, Of
Milwaukee, and a lady, in another
carriage, were running horses at Pc
waukee, Mr.. Boyd and Miss Farnham
tipped over and were seriously in.
iured. Miss Farnham had a leg bro
ken and Mr.. Boyd was cut and bruised
about the head.
Mrs. MARY BUTKA, q Bohemian,
committed suicide at Prairie du CHEN
by hanging herself to beam used for
hanging up hogs. Her body was cold
when found by her husband. She
leaves an infant child one week old.
w. FoRNAN, a prominent farmer re-
siding in Pleasant Valley, Eau Claire
County, has been arrested on g charge
Of seduction and he'd for his appear
ance at the circuit court. The charge
is preferred by lady who has been
held in high esteem by her neighbors
and causes much surprise.
THE La Crosse Labor Advocate,
George Taylor's paper, has suspended
for lack OF support.
AT colored ball at Progress Hall,
bellies had an alteration over their
respective claims to the affections of
gentleman OF color, and Laura Will
Iams used q razor with bloody though
not fatal effect on Maud Smith. This
is the second meeting of the bOstiles,
in the former case the tables being
turned and a pOtato-masher the
weapon used.
LOUIS BABE, 3 railroad employe at
Eau Claire, was struck in the face by
a telegraph wire while riding on top of
q box car, and badly cut.
A LAND lizard was found eighteen
feet below the surface, embedded in
solid earth, at North Bashaw, Wash
burn County, the other day.
FRANK DENNIsON, the son Of respect
able La Crosse people, has been ar
rested for and pleads guilty OF bur
glary. He is charged with robbing the
telephone exchange.
IT is said that the Sioux City COM
mission house, which it was reported
would be a Chicago enterprise, is
backed heavily by Milwaukee parties,
and tnat the house will be managed
by 2. ]. Cudahy, who has been con-
nected with the Milwaukee house Of
John Plankinton Il Co. for years.
THE oldest miner in the Wisconsin
and Illinois lead region is Capt. Har
ris, Of Galena, who tells OF prospecting
tours sixty-fOur years ago, when his
only companion was an Indian lad.
Capt. Harris has taken out 14,O0O,-
600 pounds OF mineral from q twenty
acre tract and is still working the same
claim.
THOMAS A. DYSON, who has Just
been appointed probate Judge OF La
Crosse County, spent his youth In Mil
waukee and was graduate OF the old
Pomeroy School. After locating ii
La Crosse he became law student,
court reporter and member OF the bar.
going to the state senate last winter.
TIMOTHY BOARDMAN, who built the
first house on the prairie where North
La Crosse now stands, is dead at the
age of n years. MIR. Boar4man fol
lowed the life Of riverman over thirty
years.
SEVERAL months ago James Craik
a miller, disappeared from his home at
La Crosse under mysterious cirCum-
stances, and the finding OF his empty
pocketbook bearing bloodstains and
Other suspicious circumstances gave
ground for the belief that he had been
murdered on the island opposite that
city. A careful search was made for
the mans body, but without success.
Now comes n letter frCm the brother
of the missing man stating that James
Craik is IN Dakota, but that his mind
is not right, No other explanation Is
given OF his disappearance.
CHRISTOPHER PAULsEN, a Norwegian,
third assistant superintendent OF the
engineering department Of the MIlwau
kee, Lake Shore & Western Railway,
left his home in the suburbs of Ash
landon the night OF the 21st to make
some purchases and pay some bills.
He as last seen at Marshall's saloon
about 10 O'Clock. He had q large
sum OF money with him aud ne Is sup
posed to have been murdered, as the
wrappers OF the goods he had pur-
chased were found in a lonely place
near his home.
THE deficit OF ex-Deputy County
Treasurer Louis +. Strum, OF Eau
Claire has been settled by friends OF
the accused restoring to the treasury
the amount OF shOrtage-neariy
$6, 00O-and the prosecution OF Strum,
who has been in Jail for some time.
will probably be dropped, as the trOu-
BILE was caused by irregulerity and
not intention to defraud.
AT the Mendoza State Hospital for
the Insane increased facilities are be
ing provided for successfully combat
ting fire. Ladders are being put from
the roof OF the main building down to
the roots OF the wings, and 500 feet
more OF nose has been ordered.
TYPHOID fever prevails in La Crosse
to considerable extent.
d. J. HUEFFNER has begun suit at
Milwaukee against the BrothertOn
Iron Compa ny to recover the purchase
money paid for 500 shares of the COM
pany's stocs. Hueffuer claims that
when he bought the stock, the cOmpa-
ny agreed to bring it back again on
ten days no ice at 81 per share in
case the market price failed to reacn
that point within n certain time.